Can we rely on corporations to be ethical and responsible? “Can a building have moral opinions? Can a building have social responsibility? If a building can’t have social responsibility‚ what does it mean to say that a corporation can? A corporation is simply an artificial legal structure. But the people who are engaged in it‚ whether the stockholders‚ whether the executives in it‚ whether the employees‚ they all have moral responsibilities.” – Milton Friedman Introduction In this essay
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Social Isolationism due to the Internet 1. Introduction The Internet has been an essential tool for the growth of society. With the help of the Internet‚ inclusive of smart phones‚ society has been able to revolutionize the way people function and communicate in their daily lives and work‚ drastically increasing productivity and also to facilitate a better work-life balance. (Gibbs. N‚ 2012) However‚ as society "plugs themselves" in to the Internet‚ the dependency for the Internet increases
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“Stones” By: William Bell Essay Subject: English Teacher: Ms.McNeil Date:March 28‚2013 By. Tristian Corp Throughout life people are always learning things about themselves. Some people don’t learn these things about themselves until they are in older age and some learn at a very young age either way they learn who they are as a person. In the novel “Stones: by
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CASE 46 Making Socially Responsible and Ethical Marketing Decisions: Selling Tobacco to Third World Countries Strategic decisions move a company toward its stated goals and perceived success. Strategic decisions also reflect the firm’s social responsibility and the ethical values on which such decisions are made. They reflect what is considered important and what a company wants to achieve. Mark Pastin‚ writing on the function of ethics in business decisions‚ observes: There are fundamental principles
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Advertisers regularly face criticism about the ethical implications of their ads. Ethical issues in advertising include ads that are untruthful and deceptive‚ manipulative‚ offensive or in bad taste‚ reinforce or create stereotypes‚ foster materialism and greed‚ and take advantage of people’s fears and insecurities. In an advertising and marketing context‚ ethics is equivalent to a society’s notions of right and wrong‚ honesty‚ integrity‚ purity and morality. Against all these notions should an ad
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Are We Socially Intelligent? Francis Pangfei Lai Abstract: It was Daniel Goleman’s book “Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships” that started the author thinking on the relevance of social intelligence to property professionals. In the course of practicing as a property consultancy and lecturing at various universities over the years‚ the author notices that a property professional tends to lack the many soft skills of emotional and social intelligence. In this paper
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Directors have responsibility to encourage socially responsible behavior? Why or why not? I do think that‚ for modern corporations‚ the Board of Directors have responsibilities to encourage socially responsible behavior. As we learned from the class lectures and Julia’s talk on last class‚ the Board of Directors is primarily loyal to shareholders and has the fiduciary duties of taking care of shareholder wealth. So the rising question now is: “Is Corporation Social Responsibility (CSR) conflicted with
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Background J.H. Stone & Sons‚ a cardboard container and paper products manufacturer was founded by Joseph Stone in 1926 and after World War II reincorporated as Stone Container Corporation. Early on in its conception Stone was able to grow significantly by way of acquisition. The company had a policy of paying for its acquisitions either entirely in cash or borrowing funds with early repayment. Continuing to grow‚ the company became publicly-owned when it issued its first 250‚000 shares of stock
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Personal responsibility is the act of being responsible for your own actions. Being mature enough to do what you are suppose to do with no procrastination. Personal responsibility plays an important role in an individual everyday life style when it comes to taking care of things you are responsible to do‚ such as: waking up in the morning‚ get ready for work‚ paying your bills on time‚ and make sure your school works are done on time. It is a personal responsibility to maintain a healthy life style
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The narrator in "Stones" by William Bell and the musical artists in the article‚ "Voices Rising" by Shane Breaker and the time line are influenced by their appreciation for the past in the ways they affect the lives of others. The narrator in "Stones" shows his appreciation for history through working tirelessly in his family`s antique shop to recreate the stories behind all the items. The musical artists in the article and time line demonstrate their appreciation for their past through incorporating
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